My Davinci Resolve Color Grading Process - Simple & Effective!

My Davinci Resolve Color Grading Process is great for beginners who are just getting used to Davinci Resolve and want to get a hold of the basics of nodes within the color grading tab.

Table Of Contents
0:00 - Introduction - Davinci Resolve Color Grading
0:14 - Overview
0:58 - Disclaimers
1:30 - Starting the process
1:55 - Adding Our Initial Nodes
2:30 - Basic Explanation of Nodes
3:14 - Converting from Log footage
4:44 - Changing Levels Before Log Conversion
5:54 - White Balance Adjustment
6:18 - Creative Grading
8:16 - Color Contrast and Skin Masking
10:20 - Sharpening
10:40 - Vignette
11:22 - Recap the Color Grading Process
12:06 - Before and After
12:22 - Conclusion
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[threeelancer]

First color correction tutorial that doesn't start with "bro, stop making these beginner mistakes" and just gets into a nice lesson. Thanks.

[rynonortje]

You just blew my mind! I'm just starting with grading in Resolve and have watched a ton of videos. This is the first one where the logic has been completely sound and the explanations clear enough to make feel confident in grading with this new platform. You're the man Dunna!

[glennwidelko]

WOW … that is the first DaVinci Resolve colour tutorial … that brought art and simplicity … in a way that is relatable … amazing … thanks for sharing … 🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[karlosjeri]

Been trying to learn and teach myself Davinci but you just made it make SO MUCH SENSE in such a short amount of time. Thank you!

[BracketReviews]

I need to sit down and listen to the teacher. So interesting. On my way around my city. Thank you for the lesson.

[yavare]

Quick tip: If you work on a picture for more than 10min your eyes get used to it and do not notice the differences. That's why professional colourist suggest to do the primarily correction on the scoops.

[Skyboundheart]

I never used Davinci until today. Your tutorial made my first video possible, easy, clear, to the point and learning. Thank you!

[Zvive]

Thank you for this! I've been using Da Vinci for sometime but wasn't able to figure out colour grading. You explain it so clearly, showing the process along the way. Glad I found this!

[PaulSidor]

I finally understood colourgrading! Thanks

[ryanbishop]

I don't know why, but this was the first video I've watched, that made me realise nodes in Resolve are just steps in your colour grading! 

Now it feels like Resolve's learning curve is less steep, it's definitely got me thinking about downloading it.
Thanks for breaking it down!

[slxxpn]

I just started filming, I was looking for a video that was not too long, I know everyone has different methods to color grading but seeing you do it made it look easy. thank you.

[jakabudiana]

from this video, i can see another perspective about color grading.
such an amazing technique!

Thank you!

[Marika_Films]

Thank you for this! Love how clearly you explain it and love the finished grade. Been playing with grading for 6 months or so but can feel really overwhelming when there’s so many variations. Thank you!

[thmallik]

I used to do the actual film grading for motion picture negative n positive with chemical processing. That was very very complicated. That process used to depend on A To Z color balance with mood n contrast correction. I found the same theme in your work flow. That is really very professional. Keep it up.

[itaylorm]

This was extremely helpful, thank you. I was looking for a simple video on how to do this and you went through short cuts and gave me all the details that most people often skip over.

[cameraredi]

wooow this is the greatest davinci colour grade video, you made it so simple, explained everything you did and why you did it, explained the nodes perfectly. Thank you

[KiraMerrell]

I've followed so many color grading tutorials, and I love my colors best with this one! Thank you!!!

[imperial-gamer]

This is the freaking best video about colour grading in davinci resolve

Super simply explained and understandable

It has all the data from all of the youtube videos regarding colour grading. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[filmmakingandthoughts]

This is the first colour correction tutorial I've seen that explains nodes! Thank you so much!

[thisguyclive]

After watching so many other tutorials that just confused me, this was the first one that made everything easy to understand and follow along. Got great results from following your steps, thank you!